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As with anything posted by Andrew Sullivan, I'd like to read more about it -- preferably discussion by military bloggers and those more acquainted with the story -- before coming to any kind of general conclusion.
I think the practice is wrong of kidnapping an insurgent's family or threatening them harm unless the fugutive turns himself in is questionable and indeed wrong.
On the other hand, if relatives of a known insurgent/terrorist were detained on the suspicion that they had information as to his whereabouts, that would seem to me legitimate -- and there is a difference between detaining somebody for purposes of interrogation (presumably the motive if such an incident occurred) and, in the case of the insurgents, actually holding civilians hostage with the intent of doing them harm.
At any rate, it's something that requires further investigation -- into motives and purpose, into what actually happened and why -- before coming to a snap judgement based on Andrew Sullivan's reactionary post.
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As with anything posted by Andrew Sullivan, I'd like to read more about it -- preferably discussion by military bloggers and those more acquainted with the story -- before coming to any kind of general conclusion.
I think the practice is wrong of kidnapping an insurgent's family or threatening them harm unless the fugutive turns himself in is questionable and indeed wrong.
On the other hand, if relatives of a known insurgent/terrorist were detained on the suspicion that they had information as to his whereabouts, that would seem to me legitimate -- and there is a difference between detaining somebody for purposes of interrogation
(presumably the motive if such an incident occurred) and, in the case of the insurgents, actually holding civilians hostage with the intent of doing them harm.
At any rate, it's something that requires further investigation -- into motives and purpose, into what actually happened and why -- before coming to a snap judgement based on Andrew Sullivan's reactionary post.
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